Corporate Partners

Mexico Without Child LaborMexicoMéxico Sin Trabajo Infantil is an innovative communication campaign aimed at eradicating child labor in Mexico by sensitizing the public about the issue, engaging them to find solutions to the problem, and encouraging them to take concrete actions through timely and effective actions.

Mexico Without Child LaborMexicoMéxico Sin Trabajo Infantil is an innovative communication campaign aimed at eradicating child labor in Mexico by sensitizing the public about the issue, engaging them to find solutions to the problem, and encouraging them to take concrete actions through timely and effective actions.

Support to Women EntrepreneursValparaiso, ChileForty-seven women received targeted trainings on entrepreneurship and business management from PADF’s local partner, Acción Emprendedora.

Mexico Without Child LaborMexicoMéxico Sin Trabajo Infantil is an innovative communication campaign aimed at eradicating child labor in Mexico by sensitizing the public about the issue, engaging them to find solutions to the problem, and encouraging them to take concrete actions through timely and effective actions.

Tu Voz: Campaign Against Human TraffickingEl Salvador, Guatemala City, Guatemala, and HondurasPADF expanded its already successful Tu Voz Contra la Trata de Personas campaign from Mexico to Guatemala and other countries in the region to alert, educate, empower and support young people to achieve their goals and avoid putting their lives at risk.

Transnational Challenge Fund for EducationSan Salvador, El SalvadorLinking Salvadoran diaspora communities in the United States with their hometowns in El Salvador to support education, particularly post-secondary education.

Closing Gaps ProgramBarrancabermeja, Santander DepartmentThis program, called Cerrando Brechas or Closing Gaps, seeks to improve the quality of life for 600 residents living in extreme poverty in the municipality of Barrancabermeja, Department of Santander.

Open Book projectBuenos Aires, ArgentinaEMC and PADF partnered to support the Open Book Project implemented between 2010 and 2012 in two schools by Fundación Leer, an organization based in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Ending Poverty and Social Exclusion Ventanilla, Callao, PeruA Peruvian development foundation began implementing a network of chemistry and biological equipped laboratories for educational institutions.

Merck for Mothers Global Giving ProgramMexico, Colombia, ArgentinaThe program is developing this toolkit by sharing quantitative and qualitative data, identifying gaps and challenges in maternal health data collection, and highlighting best practices to tackle maternal mortality in the region.

Building Social ValuesCosta Rica, Nicaragua, HondurasThe project generated opportunities for artisans, especially women, to create and market artisan products of higher quality and better design, with more efficient production methods.

Creating Access to Better HealthRio de Janeiro, BrazilThis contribution was used to upgrade medical services at the Hospital Universitario Pedro Ernesto in Rio de Janeiro. This contribution leveraged a donation of MRI machinery from the US Government valued at $827,268.

Earthquake ReliefSan Marcos, GuatemalaPADF worked with Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. and the local government to implement an emergency response to support the most affected communities.

Educating through TechnologyBarbados, Trinidad and Tobago, St. LuciaThese educational means utilize online tools to improve the quality of both in-person and distance education through an online course delivered under the academic and technical supervision of tutors.

Educating Vulnerable and At-Risk YouthMontevideo, UruguayUruguay’s Center for the Promotion of Human Dignity makes it possible for 50 teenage boys and girls from different communities to enroll in weekly leadership, academic and vocational workshops.

Ending Poverty and Social Exclusion Ventanilla, Callao, PeruA Peruvian development foundation began implementing a network of chemistry and biological equipped laboratories for educational institutions.

Grassroots Community DevelopmentSt. Kitts and NevisThis project offered literacy and reading programs to primary, middle, and high school students, as well as to adults. The students were taught that good leadership involved serving the group and the people within it.

Hurricane and Tropical Storm ReliefVeracruz, MexicoDelivered cleanup and reconstruction supplies to 100 flood-affected families in the state of Veracruz with support from Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd in the aftermath of Hurricane Ingrid and Tropical Storm Manuel.

Increasing Water and Food Security Belmopan, BelizePADF is working with Plenty Belize, a village-based development agency, to provide on-site skills training through its Garden-Based Agriculture for Belize’s Environment (GATE) initiative.

Keeping Kids in SchoolGuatemalaBy encouraging youth from at-risk communities to stay in school, the program sought to prevent them from engaging in high-risk behaviors and from entering the workforce early and later becoming victims of human trafficking.

Literacy and Education for the Island Roatán, HondurasPADF specifically supported PIER’s free library and Teachers Resource Center, which provide mobile access to reading and writing resources for the population of the island.

Open Book projectBuenos Aires, ArgentinaEMC and PADF partnered to support the Open Book Project implemented between 2010 and 2012 in two schools by Fundación Leer, an organization based in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Providing Safe Spaces for Youth to GrowBogota, ColombiaUsing this funding Fundación Ambos has been able to provide numerous afterschool safe space activities for at-risk children and adolescents.

Reducing Youth AttritionChiapas, MexicoBy encouraging youth from at-risk communities to stay in school, the program sought to prevent them from engaging in high-risk behaviors, such as drug use and violence, and from entering the workforce early and later becoming victims of human trafficking.

Repairing Elementary SchoolsCanaries region, St. LuciaThe Canaries region suffered the most damage from the Christmas floods of late 2013. By working with SRDF to restore eight district elementary schools to working condition, PADF and RCL ensured two critical items.

Strengthening LiteracyUshuaia, ArgentinaThe RCL funding has helped support a children’s center that served 150 children. The grant increased the number of books in the center’s library, which has expanded the types of reading activities available to the children, many of whom are socially at-risk.

Supporting Girls LeadershipNassau, BahamasAs in previous years, PADF is proud to work with RCL to support the “Annual Girls Leadership Conference,” a training and networking event which exclusively targets Bahamian girls throughout New Providence and the Outer (Family) Islands

Supporting Primary School EducationSamaná, Dominican RepublicFunding from Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. supported academic programs in math, science, reading, as well as teacher training workshops, and also provided furniture and equipment to schools.

Supporting Women EntrepreneursColon, PanamaThrough this project MUCEC reached over 100 victims of domestic violence and offered them social support, a safe space, and classes in self-esteem, leadership, life plan development, assertive communication, sexuality, and nutrition.

Tropical Storm Isaac ReliefHaitiPADF distributed bottled water and supported the local Emergency Operations Center in providing beds and medical and hygiene supplies.

Tropical Storm Sandy ReliefJamaicaRoyal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. worked with PADF to generously provide relief assistance to the hardest hit coastal areas of St. Marie, St. Thomas, Portland and St. Andrew.

Turning At-Risk Youth into Community Leaders DominicaThe “All We Need Is Love” project offers activities that encourage teens and young adults to become leaders and set goals, as well as to share these lessons with younger children.

Mexico Without Child LaborMexicoMéxico Sin Trabajo Infantil is an innovative communication campaign aimed at eradicating child labor in Mexico by sensitizing the public about the issue, engaging them to find solutions to the problem, and encouraging them to take concrete actions through timely and effective actions.

Mexico Without Child LaborMexicoMéxico Sin Trabajo Infantil is an innovative communication campaign aimed at eradicating child labor in Mexico by sensitizing the public about the issue, engaging them to find solutions to the problem, and encouraging them to take concrete actions through timely and effective actions.

PADF expanded its already successful Tu Voz Contra la Trata de Personas campaign from Mexico to Guatemala and other countries in the region to alert, educate, empower and support young people to achieve their goals and avoid putting their lives at risk.